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by hailes103z

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Is there any way to run server manager to add/remove computer from the domain if you are not in the domain admin group? I have rights on the network to do so. But if I try to do it from the manager it says Access is denied. If there is a way I can get it done. My admin just doesn't know where else to look. Anyone know how?

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by hailes103z

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Doesn't anyone know anything about server manager? My admin is researching it but I'm looking too.

by jhoup

What operating system is running on your client system? If you have Windows 2000 or XP, you can use the RunAS command to run it as a higher account.

i.e. runas /noprofile /user:user@domain.com "\\server\admin$\system32\srvmgr.exe"

This will prompt for the password of the username entered. You 'must' have at least Domain Admin Rights or Enterprise Admin Rights to add/remove computers from a domain unless your account has been delegated to do so. I'm assuming you're running on an NT 4.0 based network due to the use of Srvmgr instead of AD. Without AD, you can't deligate authority to users to be able to add/remove anything on the network.

Hope this helps.

by hailes103z

I can actually access a few machines on the domain but some are denied. I have rights. We have 2000 and XP systems on a NT 4 domain. This info does not help. I don't need to be a domain admin. I don't want to have user account access, just computers. This doesn't help me to understand the problem any better or fix it.

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